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Effect of preemption.

Riverside Municipal Code § 5.56.710
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5.56.710 - Effect of preemption. In the event the Federal Communications Commission or the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California or any other federal or State body or agency shall now or hereafter exercise any paramount jurisdiction over the subject matter of any franchise hereunder, then to the extent such jurisdiction shall preempt or preclude the exercise of like jurisdiction by the City, the jurisdiction of the City shall to the extent so preempted or precluded, cease and no longer exist; provided, however, that the preemption or preclusion of the exercise by the City of any of its police power shall not diminish, impair, alter or affect any contractual benefit to the City nor any contractual obligation of the grantee under any franchise issued hereunder; and in this respect, any and all minimum standards governing the operation of grantee and any and all maximum rates, ratios and charges specified herein or in any franchise issued hereunder existing now and at any time in the future including such time as such paramount jurisdiction shall preempt or preclude that of the City in any and all powers, rights, privileges and authorities of the City to determine, establish or fix any of the same are each and all hereby declared by the City and by any grantee accepting any franchise hereunder, to be contractual in nature and to be for the benefit of the City and all subscribers situated therein, and the agreement of grantee to accept and conform to such standards, rates, ratios and charges is hereby declared by the City and by any grantee accepting the franchise hereunder to be the most material and essential consideration for the granting of such franchise, the absence of which, in whole or in part, would cause the City not to have granted such franchise. (Ord. 7387 § 4, 2017)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT5BU_CH5.56CAFR_5.56.710EFPRFetched: 11/1/2026

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